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5 CA ADC § 80057.5Barclays Official California Code of Regulations

Barclays California Code of Regulations
Title 5. Education
Division 8. Commission on Teacher Credentialing
Chapter 1. Credentials Issued Under the Teacher Preparation and Licensing Law of 1970
Article 2. Credential Types, Authorizations, and Requirements
5 CCR § 80057.5
§ 80057.5. Adding Supplementary Authorizations to Teaching Credentials Used Predominantly in Elementary Schools.
Currentness
(a) The holder of a valid teaching credential specified in Education Code Section 44256(b) may have one or more of the subjects listed in subsection (c) added as a supplementary authorization. The candidate or an approved institution shall verify completion of either (1) or (2) below:
(1) 20 semester hours or 10 upper division semester hours of non-remedial collegiate course work in each subject from subsection (c) to be listed, or
(2) a collegiate major in a subject directly related to each subject from subsection (c) to be listed.
A “C” grade or above in any course used to meet the provisions of this section shall be required. Non-remedial coursework for the purposes of this section shall be defined as coursework that is applicable toward a bachelor's degree or a higher degree at a regionally accredited college or university.
(b) Candidates seeking supplementary authorization in any language other than English shall, in addition to requirements specified in subsection (a), submit verification of having either (1), (2), (3), or (4) below:
(1) passed the Language and Communication/Listening and Oral Communication section (Test II or III depending on the specific language) of the CSET: World Languages Examinations in the target language. Passing examination scores are valid for certification use for five years from the individual test date pursuant to Section 80071(b); or
(2) if no CSET: World Languages Examination is available in the target language, evidence of having passed an assessment performed by an approved organization pursuant to Education Code Section 44253.5(a) covering the integrated communication skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing in the target language; or
(3) possession of a three-year or higher degree from a foreign institution in which all instruction was delivered in the target language. The foreign institution must be equivalent in status to a regionally-accredited institution of higher education in the United States; or
(4) passed an assessment covering the integrated communication skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing administered by a California college or university as a part of its Commission-approved bilingual authorization program in the target language.
(c) The following subjects may be added as supplementary authorizations to a valid teaching credential specified in Education Code Section 44256(b):
(1) Agriculture, including at least one course in each of the following areas: animal science, plant science, and agricultural mechanics;
(2) Art, including at least one course in each of the following areas: drawing and painting, art history or appreciation, and crafts;
(3) Business, including at least one course in each of the following areas: business management, business marketing or introduction to business, computer concepts and applications, economics, business communications or business English, and accounting;
(4) Computer Science, including at least one course in each of the following areas: computational thinking, computing practice and programming, computer and communications devices, and impacts of computing. The course of study must cover all content areas but impacts of computing may be met within a single course also used to meet one of the other required content areas;
(5) Dance, including at least one course in each of the following areas: jazz dance, contemporary dance, and dance theory;
(6) English, including at least one course in each of the following areas: grammar or language structure, composition, and literature;
(7) A Language Other Than English (Specify), including at least one course in the language covering each of the following areas: grammar, composition, conversation, and literature;
(8) Health Science, including at least one course in each of the following areas: substance abuse (including alcohol, drug, and tobacco), family life education (including human sexuality, HIV/AIDS, and sexually transmitted diseases), nutrition, comprehensive school health systems or programs, and health education theory, behavior, or foundations;
(9) Home Economics, including at least one course in each of the following areas: food and nutrition, clothing, child development, and family life and parenting;
(10) Industrial Arts, including at least one course in each of the following areas: drafting or graphic arts, woods or metals, and electricity or electronics;
(11) Mathematics, including at least one course in each of the following areas (all course work shall be at least at a level for which intermediate algebra is a prerequisite): algebra, geometry, and development of the real number system or introduction to mathematics; or three courses in calculus or other mathematics courses for which algebra and geometry are prerequisites;
(12) Music, including at least one course in each of the following areas: vocal music, instrumental music, music history or appreciation, and music theory;
(13) Physical Education, including at least one course in each of the following areas: team sports and games, fundamental and creative movement skills (such as dance and gymnastics), human movement, motor development, and/or motor learning, and individual, dual, nontraditional and global sports and games (such as aquatics, conditioning, and archery);
(14) Science, including at least one course in each of the following areas: biological sciences, chemistry, geosciences, and physics;
(15) Social Science, including at least one course in each of the following areas: United States history, California history, world history, geography, and United States government; and
(16) Theater, including at least one course in each of the following areas: acting, directing, and stagecraft.
(d) Home Economics Supplementary Authorizations must include a laboratory component in one of the listed subject areas. The course of study must cover both subject areas of food and nutrition but a single course may be used to meet the requirement. The course of study must cover both subject areas of family life and parenting, but a single course may be used to meet the requirement.
(e) Science Supplementary Authorizations Authorized by subdivision (c)(14) shall include a one-year sequence of courses in at least two of the listed subject areas. At least one course must include a laboratory component.
(f) The course of study for the Computer Science Supplementary Authorization authorized by subdivision (c)(4) must include coursework aligned with the following definitions:
(1) Computational thinking -includes solving problems and designing systems, using fundamental computing concepts such as decomposition, data representation, generalization/abstraction, and algorithms.
(2) Computing practice and programming -includes expertise in at least one block-based, visual (drag-and-drop) programming language, or a modern, high-level programming language.
(3) Computer and communications devices -covers the major components and functions of digital devices and the computing systems they compose.
(4) Impacts of computing: including the social, ethical, and legal issues and impacts of computing, as well as the contributions of computer science to current and future innovations in sciences, humanities, the arts, and commerce. These topics may be included within any of the courses covering content areas (f)(1) through (f)(3).
(g) A subject specified in subsection (c) and listed on a teaching credential specified in Education Code Section 44256(b) as a supplementary authorization shall authorize the teaching of courses related to that subject in departmentalized classes in grades 9 and below.
(h) The holder of a Supplementary Authorization in English shall be authorized to teach drama and theater arts if the document was first issued prior to January 1, 2022.
(i) The holder of a Supplementary Authorization in Physical Education shall be authorized to teach dance if the document was first issued prior to January 1, 2022.

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Note: Authority cited: Section 44225(b), Education Code. Reference: Sections 44256(b) and 44257, Education Code.
History
1. New section filed 3-26-81; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 81, No. 13).
2. Repealed by own terms effective 7-2-82 (Register 89, No. 9).
3. New section filed 12-9-88; operative 1-8-89 (Register 89, No. 9)
4. Editorial correction of Authority cite (Register 95, No. 9).
5. Amendment of section and Reference cite filed 3-9-95; operative 4-10-95 (Register 95, No. 10).
6. Amendment of subsections (c)(3), (c)(7)-(8) and (c)(12), new subsection (d), subsection relettering, and amendment of newly designated subsection (g) filed 10-29-96; operative 11-29-96 (Register 96, No. 44).
7. Amendment of subsections (c)(4) and (e), repealer of subsections (f)-(g) and new subsections (f)-(h) filed 12-14-2015; operative 4-1-2016 (Register 2015, No. 51).
8. Amendment of subsections (b)(1)-(4) filed 3-21-2016; operative 7-1-2016 (Register 2016, No. 13).
9. Amendment of section and Note filed 11-12-2020; operative 1-1-2021 (Register 2020, No. 46).
This database is current through 4/19/24 Register 2024, No. 16.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 5, § 80057.5, 5 CA ADC § 80057.5
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